The paper and cardboard is sorted into seven different grades – pure paper from printers, old newspaper, shredded paper from security firms, different thicknesses of cardboard, and “supermix”, the lowest grade of all (cereal boxes, egg cartons, stuff that has been recycled plenty of times).

The plant processes recycling from Porirua, Wellington City, Lower Hutt, and now Kapiti. On average it produces 100 bales of paper, 26 of plastic, six of steel cans, two of aluminium cans, a day. Two containers of glass a day are shipped to Indonesia.